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Star Reloaders / Re: Looking for Paul Jones, Star Loading enthusiast
« on: September 13, 2009, 02:24:04 pm »
No, that's him on eBay. He lives in Vacaville, California and at one point, posted his photo on one of the eBay auctions.
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Star Reloaders / Re: Help me identify these
« on: May 04, 2009, 08:08:03 pm »
They are primer tubes for an RCBS bench primer tool.
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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: 2.8 B.E. powder slide
« on: April 21, 2009, 07:46:07 am »
The conversion chart I have shows that a 2.7 BE slide will throw 3.6 grains of 231 and a 3.0 BE will throw 3.8 grains of 231, so your 2.8 BE slide should throw 3.7 grains of 231. You didn't say what caliber but I'm guessing .38 Special. 3.7 grains of 231 with a 158 grain bullet would run right around 700 fps according to my Lyman #47 book.
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Star History / Re: Method of payment
« on: March 09, 2009, 08:26:27 am »
My experience is the same as your's. I remember calling Star in the early 80s when I was refurbishing a machine that I had picked up. They sent me the parts with an invoice and I sent them a check. You don't see that anymore.
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Star Reloaders / Re: plug for bullet drop through hole in base of progressive reloader
« on: January 22, 2009, 08:04:49 pm »
Check the press schematics on this site. There is a plug you can get. It's part number 68U. Also, before you put it in, remove the tapered bushing (part 67U) that is in the hole. You might check with Star Machine Works for the part. I hear he's up and running again. I bought a plug from him a couple years ago. You might ask him if your modificaton will work since I'm not sure if a std base is machined the same as a Universal.
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Star Reloaders / Re: Star Brochure
« on: January 15, 2009, 09:10:54 pm »
Got a chance to see a Star in .223 last year. A fellow who collects presses has one over in Fort Worth. Very very nice. Mint and he uses it. The linkage is different; beefed up with a little more mechanical advantage. Besides the .223, he had several other Stars hanging from the rafters in his workshop plus he had an old Potter (I think that's right) that was kind of like a Star but in straight-line form rather than circular.
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Star Lubricator & Resizers / Re: Need help! What do I have ?
« on: January 05, 2009, 11:14:41 pm »
Unfortunately, a tool head is a poor place to start in trying to rebuild a Star press. It appears you have to parts to convert whatever press he had to a different caliber, i.e. tool head, shell plate, primer slide, etc. By themselves, they would bring a good price on eBay. From your photos, it appears the tool head is set up for .45 ACP. Am I close?
If you could find a Universal in .38 Special or some other caliber, you would be able to use it as a platform for the tool head and parts you already have.
If you could find a Universal in .38 Special or some other caliber, you would be able to use it as a platform for the tool head and parts you already have.
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Star Lubricator & Resizers / Re: Need help! What do I have ?
« on: January 03, 2009, 09:01:18 pm »
First photo: silver block marked .45 is a top plate for a Hulme casefeeder. The brass bar with the hole is a Powder slide for a Star Reloader. The center cylinder is a sizing die for your Star Luber-sizers (the two machines in the lower photos). The third photo is a tool head for a Star Reloader. In the lower photos are parts for a Star Reloader: shell plate, primer slide, primer punch tool. If you check out the tool diagrams on the site, you should be able to id them okay. Where's the Reloader?
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Star Reloaders / Re: Price for Star machines?
« on: November 20, 2008, 10:12:19 pm »
Selling on eBay runs between 12 and 15% once you pay the listing fee, selling fee and PayPal takes their cut. I switched to selling on Gunbroker. No fee to list an item, unlike eBay, as long as you don't add any bells or whistles and they will automatically relist the item for no charge if it does not sell the first time. Ebay charges every time you have to relist. I sold a couple Star presses on Gunbroker. It took a little longer than eBay, but I got more $ at the end. Their selling fees are much less than eBay as well. I sold a shotgun a couple years ago for $700 and they only charged $18 in seller fees.
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Star Reloaders / Re: Price for Star machines?
« on: November 18, 2008, 07:39:14 am »
Generally, depending on what accessories come with them, most Stars sell on eBay from between $350 and $500. Once in a while someone will list a 9mm Star, etc and get a lot more than that since they are hard to find. If it has a Hulme case feeder, free-loader, etc. they might bring a little more. This is just an estimate from what I've seen lately.
This topic has been covered before. You might do a search back on some older threads.
This topic has been covered before. You might do a search back on some older threads.
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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: 38 Special load for 50 yards with W-231
« on: October 03, 2008, 04:13:09 pm »
The last two years, I've spent more time with the .45, but that's because I was on a roll and Legged out for Distinguished Pistol a year ago June. Since then, I practice with both about equally, but some matches, I will just shoot the .45 since I only have to worry about bringing ammo for it and the .22.
Since the Winter indoor season is coming up, I'll probably spend a little more time with the .38 since I like shooting it in the indoor matches and will shoot it at the Texas Indoor State match in April in the Centerfire and team matches.
Since the Winter indoor season is coming up, I'll probably spend a little more time with the .38 since I like shooting it in the indoor matches and will shoot it at the Texas Indoor State match in April in the Centerfire and team matches.
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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: 38 Special load for 50 yards with W-231
« on: October 01, 2008, 07:53:55 am »
My .38 scores are consistently higher than my .45 scores. I can invariably shoot several "cleans" with the .38 on the timed fire portion of the match. My best with the .45 has been a 98.
The .38 can lead you into a trap however. You can get spoiled by the lighter trigger pull and sometimes the .38 is like that girl friend you really love at lot, but she doesn't like you very much. I've had really good days where everything works fine and some days I can't hit my butt with both hands. The .38 can be very unforgiving if you forget to follow through and concentrate on your sights and trigger control.
My Clark .45 is very consistent and there are periods where I will put the .38 away and just shoot the .45 in 2700s. I shoot higher slow fire scores with the .45 but part of that is the advantage of the bigger hole down range on the target. Groups are about the same size but that .38 hole can be a detriment at 50 yards.
On bullets, I've had good luck with Remington's HBWC though they are messy to reload. I also liked National's swaged HBWC before they went out of business. And Hornady's HBWC works, as does Zero's. For DEWCs, I still have some Western Nevada bullets that shoot okay, but I think they went out of business as well.
The .38 can lead you into a trap however. You can get spoiled by the lighter trigger pull and sometimes the .38 is like that girl friend you really love at lot, but she doesn't like you very much. I've had really good days where everything works fine and some days I can't hit my butt with both hands. The .38 can be very unforgiving if you forget to follow through and concentrate on your sights and trigger control.
My Clark .45 is very consistent and there are periods where I will put the .38 away and just shoot the .45 in 2700s. I shoot higher slow fire scores with the .45 but part of that is the advantage of the bigger hole down range on the target. Groups are about the same size but that .38 hole can be a detriment at 50 yards.
On bullets, I've had good luck with Remington's HBWC though they are messy to reload. I also liked National's swaged HBWC before they went out of business. And Hornady's HBWC works, as does Zero's. For DEWCs, I still have some Western Nevada bullets that shoot okay, but I think they went out of business as well.
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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: 38 Special load for 50 yards with W-231
« on: September 22, 2008, 08:45:37 am »
Actually I was holding a little to tight on the bottom of the bull. On the next target, without changing the sights, I shot a 98 but the hits were lower where they should be. 
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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: 38 Special load for 50 yards with W-231
« on: September 18, 2008, 07:39:22 pm »
This was with a Clark Heavy Slide (iron sights) at a outdoor Bullseye match in Dallas. 25 yard timed fire. Load was 3.0 grains of BE. I've since gone back to the 2.7 load.
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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: 38 Special load for 50 yards with W-231
« on: August 28, 2008, 01:14:04 pm »Quote
When you look down the line at a centerfire match these days, do you see more dots than irons?
Here in the Dallas area I'd say it's 60/40; red dot to iron. There are quite a few of us still shooting iron sights. And it's something I recommend if your main goal is to get Distinguished Pistol.
My Clark Heavy Slide that I had built in 2003 has a Bo-Mar Rib. The website still lists it being made with a Bo-Mar rib.